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The Sterile Fly and the Trained Eye: How Texas Is Fighting Screwworm
Part 2 of a three-part series on the New World screwworm outbreak and the rural veterinary shortage in Texas. Part 1 laid out the overlap: the outbreak began in Zavala County, a designated veterinary shortage county, and the quarantine map sits on top of the counties with the fewest large-animal vets.
Screwworm Is Back, and the Nearest Vet Keeps Getting Farther Away
Part 1 of a three-part series on the New World screwworm outbreak and the rural veterinary shortage in Texas.
Screwworm Exposed the Vet Shortage. Closing It Is the Longer Fight.
Part 3 of a three-part series on the New World screwworm outbreak and the rural veterinary shortage in Texas. Part 1 mapped the overlap. Part 2 covered how the brush country is holding the line. This part looks at why the vets were thin to begin with, and what it would take to change that.
The Ranch That Started the Panhandle
149 Years of the JA Ranch — Palo Duro Canyon's First Cattle Ranch
5 Things to Understand About Water Before You Buy Texas Land
What a property can support starts with what's beneath it.
The Five Ranch Assets Your Tax Return May Be Ignoring
Soil, water, roads, livestock, and timber each qualify for separate tax treatment, and most closing packages never break them out.
The Texas Fence-Cutting War
The Law That Ended The Vigilantes, a governor's special session, and the 1884 law that closed the open range for good.
How Barbed Wire Came to Texas
The invention that turned Texas grassland into property.
Starting Late Doesn't Mean Starting Behind
The Adult Learn to Hunt Program gave Jeremy Shull his start. A few seasons later he was leading the hunts. Little did he know that his daughter was watching the whole time.
Texas Wildflowers: What grows where, and how to support it on your land
From Hill Country limestone to West Texas desert, the wildflowers that thrive on your land are already waiting. You just have to know when to mow, when to seed, and when to leave it alone.